Tunna (unit)

Tunna , in Finnish.Tynngri , the grain barrel , was a Swedish measure of volume until 1862 and was used frequently. The same dimensional relationships also applied in Finland .

conversion

• Grain : 1 tunna = 36 kappar
• Hard coal : 1 tunna = 1/12 load
• Charcoal : 1 Tunna = 1/12 Stig = 63 Kannor (until 1882) = 164.883 liters
• Malt : 1 tunna = 38 kappar
• Salt : 1 tunna = 34 kappar
• Lime : 1 tunna = 2 spans = 32 kappar
• fresh herring : 1 tunna = 80 liters
• Flour and liquids etc .: 1 Tunna = 48 Kannor (Kanna)
• 1 Tunna (Tynngri) = 20 Kappar = 63 Kannor (1 K. = 2.617 L.) = 164.88 liters

See also

• Barrel
• Barrel

literature

• Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 6. Leipzig 1906, pp. 586-592.
• Pierer's Universal-Lexikon , Volume 17. Altenburg 1863, p. 934.